GREAT weather to play "catch-up"!!!

Ahhhhh....another gorgeous morning in April........a morning that is just right for my Fr. Roast coffee to be enjoyed on the patio. No flowers, no flowering shrubs.....as the hard freeze(s) last week took all of the flowers, the buds, and all color from the various foliages that I have around the yard.....but the coffee was WONDERFUL in the bright blue morning.

I am about finished in the yard as far as "catch-up" goes. Of course......if you own any property at all, you know soooo well that you are NEVER finished with the work that must be done just to keep the property "up"......never mind as you attempt to make improvements! This makes me think more and more and more about going full time in TheHowserHouse!!!! Hmmmmm.........and now I am thinking about it again...........

At noon, our oldest granddaughter arrived for the afternoon and overnight. It always such a joy to have her........she is such a mature little girl who will be nine next weekend........she never needs to be "watched" as she can take care of herself quite nicely!!!! Soooo sweet....soooo good-natured......and a very deep thinker.

This afternoon, while Rachel played or watched TV or enjoyed one of our lappies, the 1st Lady and I began the next project: attaching three square blocks that will be contemporary shelves above our bed for an individual candle on each block. HAHAHA.....what a task this turned out to be!!!!!! Almost three hours it took........getting them aligned correctly above the headboard of our bed......spaced exactly even.....getting them completely level as individual block shelves and level across the horizontal line of all three of them......getting the "sleeves" for the drywall screwed/inserted in the drywall at just the correct location so they would be level.....etc...etc..etc..etc!!!!!!! It was pure HELL!!!!!!!! Never, never again!!!!

BUT.....now that they are up and finished, the entire look is really nice!! The blocks are chocolate brown and the small round candle bowls are the same aqua color that we are using as accents in the bedroom..........a great look.

This evening we were guests for drinks and dinner at the Hanner House. Again....it was soooo great to see them, to spend several hours eating and talking and playing "catch-up" with each other's lives. Rachel had two of their grandchildren to enjoy as the Hanner's were "sitting" for their son and his wife........so I was glad Rachel was with us!!!

And soooo.....a beautiful day is now history, but the evening is just as wonderful. It is warm, the sky is bright with thousands of stars, and the humidity is low!! And sooooo.......

Life is GREAT......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!